Internet differences between China and the United States

It can be said that there are two superpowers in the world today: China and the United States. In the Internet with the exponential speed of development today, people's life has been inseparable from the network, then, these two dozen in the Internet, what is the difference? We compare two countries from the following series of Internet-related parameters, such as the number of Internet users, Internet penetration, the speed of Internet connection, the number of domain names, Popular websites, web browsers, operating systems, and so on.

1. Number of Internet users

Ten years ago, the United States was the world's largest internet power, and it is now clearly not, instead, China. The figure below is the number of Chinese and American netizens (PS: The biggest reason is the number of people in China)

Of course, the number of Internet users in two countries accounts for 31% of the world, of which China is 51% in Asia.

2. Internet Penetration Rate

Compared to China, the Internet penetration rate of the United States is much higher, ordinary citizens can use the Internet.

But China's growth in this area is much higher than that of the United States. If China's Internet penetration rate is comparable to that of the United States, then China's netizens should be able to exceed 1 billion.

3. Internet growth rate

Mentioning the growth rate of the Internet, for China, the rate of growth between 2000 and 2010 is 1767%, which is indeed unimaginable. During this period, the United States only increased by one fold on the basis of the original. The obvious point, of course, is that the Internet level in the United States 10 years ago has been relatively high compared to other countries. However, China was still a relatively backward country, so it is acceptable to increase the space is relatively large.

At this point, we can review the past data. In 2000, there were 95,000,000 Internet users in the United States, and 239,000,000 in 2010. On the other hand, China's internet population grew from 22,000,000 to 420,000,000 in the period. Compare these two numbers and believe you know the difference.

4. Internet access speed

In this regard, the United States is far beyond China. In the United States, the average speed of Internet access is basically 5 times times that of China, the United States basically network access is broadband access.

The reason for this difference is clear, when you see how the network connection speed is distributed (pictured below). In the United States, 34% of the Internet connection speed of more than 5 Mbit/sec, while in China, only 0.4% to achieve this speed.

5, network server

The server is the terminal that provides the network information, in this aspect, the United States also far surpasses China. is also very acceptable, because in the early days of the Internet, the U.S. rescue plan beyond China, and server technology in the United States will be better than China, and some people who are not Native Americans also put their own servers in the United States. The reason, of course, is that America's Internet technology is more advanced.

The figure above is provided by the CIA, and it is clear that the United States offers almost 28 times times more Web servers than China. We do not know how these data are obtained, but we have been able to reflect on the one hand between the two countries in the network to brush their differences.

6, the mainstream search engine

Google has not been a dominant search in China, and Google's search share in China has fallen after Google withdrew from China last year. China's Chinese search engine has always been the emperor of Baidu. The mainstream search engines of the two countries;

USA: Google

China: Baidu

7. Top Web site

America's top Internet sites are famous all over the world, but careful people will find that China's top websites are generally not so famous in the world, or that not many people will use them.

Top 5 of the US website

google.com

Facebook.com

Yahoo.com

YouTube.com

Amazon.com

China website TOP5

Baidu.com (search engine)

qq.com (Online Community)

Sina.com.cn (web portal)

Taobao.com ("s ' EBay")

GOOGLE.COM.HK (Google, Kong)

Of course, Facebook is no longer in China, Google.cn has withdrawn from China and turned to google.com.hk, but GOOGLE.COM.HK has a large share in China, at least to the top five.

8, the mainstream web browser

In China, most netizens still use the IE6.0 browser (which may be unthinkable) because there are so many good free browsers (ie, Firefox or chrome). A large part of the reason is that when Chinese netizens install the operating system, Microsoft will automatically install IE6.0 in the operating system, especially using the so-called "Windows XP users", IE6.0 is more common.

US Top five browsers:

Internet Explorer, 47.5%

Firefox, 25.5%

Chrome, 14.6%

Safari, 11.2%

Opera, 0.6%

Top five browsers in China:

Internet Explorer, 87.4%

Chrome, 4.4%

Maxthon, 3.8%

Firefox, 3.3%

Safari, 0.6%

Mainstream browser version:

United States: Internet Explorer 8.0, 33.9%

China: Internet Explorer 6.0, 41.1%

9, the mainstream operating system

In the United States, Windows 7 has essentially replaced Windows XP, but it is very different in China. Most Chinese netizens still use Windows XP, which is basically option.

Top five mainstream browsers in the United States:

Windows 7, 32.1%

Windows XP, 31.1%

Windows Vista, 19.1%

Mac OS X, 14.9%

iOS (IPad), 1.2% (excluding iOS on iphone and ipod Touch)

China's top five mainstream operating systems:

Windows XP, 82.2%

Windows 7, 13.8%

Windows Vista, 2.7%

Mac OS X, 0.5%

Windows 2003, 0.3%

Of course, it is worth mentioning that the above statistics based on access to the network of users, and some do not have access to the network is not within the statistics.

10. Domain Name

Because the United States has good domain names and host services businesses and technology so that the number of domain names in the United States far beyond China.

11. Global Attack traffic

The so-called "attack traffic" refers to malicious traffic in nature, such as trying to gain access to the computer's ports in various ways, using weak links in the operating system to attack the computer, including so-called port scans to uncover potential computer vulnerabilities. The U.S. Department of Transportation once had a "reputation" for being attacked. China is third in this regard (after Russia).

Conclusion

So, from the above comparison, we can get the following conclusion:

1, China's Internet user base is large, larger (is about 1.76 times times the United States).

2, the United States Internet infrastructure far ahead of China, at least for the end users.

3. China has greater potential for development in the Internet.

4. Chinese Internet users run software versions that lag behind those of American internet users, at least in terms of operating systems and Web browsers.

5, the United States Internet industry continues to lead the world, especially because the world's Internet users need to use their Internet services. (one might ask, how long will this be?) Maybe it's a question worth exploring. )

In general, the United States in the Internet technology and its services in the field of technology far beyond China, but, in terms of the number of Internet users, still more Chinese, and this situation will be maintained for some time in the future. Of course, China's Internet development space is very large, after all, more and more people on the Internet, the development of the network is still a considerable prospect.

Fortunately, our world will not end again in 2012, we can see how the future pattern will be a change? When we look back over the years to see how this article and the situation mentioned in the article, will it change? Will America still be the boss of the Internet? Will China's fast-growing country rise in the internet?

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